Beschreibung:
From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history.
The first English-language investigation into how Italian cinema has represented and reinterpreted fascism in the post-war period, placing it in its European context
PART I: REVISIONISM 1. Remembering the 'long Second World War' in Europe 2. The Blood of the Defeated PART II: RESISTANCE 3. Neorealist Catharses 4. Luigi Zampa: Fascism and italianità PART III: RECONSTRUCTION 5. Clueless Fascists and Accidental Anti-Fascists 6. Il Federale 's Apolitical Commitment PART IV: REVOLUTION 7. The Sins of the Fathers 8. Ettore Scola's Ordinary Day PART V: RECURRENCES 9. Black Shirts, Hearts of Gold: Recurrent Memories 10. Unexploded Ordnance: Recurrent Amnesias Epilogue Bibliography Filmography